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No. 274,485. Patented Ma.r 27,1888.

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CHARLES G. GRAVES, F ONEIDA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TU EDWARD MARSH, OF SAME PLACE.

CREAMER.

SPECIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,4S5, dated March 27, 1888,

Application filed March 4, 1885.. (No model.)

To oli whom iit may concern:

' Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. GRAVES, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Oneida, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have inventedcertaiu new and useful Improvements in Creamers 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper- Io tains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to vessels for holding milk while thecream rises, and generally known among dairymen as creamers,7 creamingcans7 or setters;77 and theinvention consistsin constructions and combinations hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims hereto annexed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a creamer embodying my invention, and

zo which form a part of this specitication, Figure l is a top plan Fig. 2, an enlarged sectional elevation of the lids or covers and of the upper part of the can inline a: w in Fig. l; Fic. 3, a vertical sectional elevation in line :n .ein

Fig. l; Fig. 4, a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a modification hereinafter referred to.

Referring to the drawings by letters, the

saine letter indicating the same part in the different gures, letter A represents the body 3o or milk-holding part of the creamer, provided with ordinary handles, (t, and a lid, B, which rits closely into the tcp of the body or can A. The body A may be of any desired form; but I prefer it cylindrical, as shown, and the lid B may be' attached to the can by its annular part Z1 sliding into the top of the can, as I have shown; or it may be attached in any other ordinary or desired manner.

C is a graduated scale in the side of the can 4o A, for indicating the quantity of cream on the milk in the ordinary manner.

' An annular base or rim, D, projects below l the bottom A of the can A, and has perforations ci' through it, which perforations, being close to the bottom A', permit all the air below the bottom A to escape whenthe can is placed in water, and thereby permit the water to come in contact with the bottom A.

E is a hole or aperture in the centralpart 5c ot' the lid B.

F is au auxiliary lid or cover for the hole E. The lid F is formed of a cap or top,f, and an annular part, f', projecting downward from the capf, and fitted so that it can be slid in and out ofthe hole E. An exterior projection, f, on the lower edge ofthe par-tf', comingin Contact with the lid B, acts as a stop to prevent tbepartf' being entirely withdrawn from the lid B. The partf has a series of holes or apertures, g, through itt H are pins projecting radially from the up per surface of the lid F.

Iii are catches on the lid B, arranged with their free or catch ends in opposite directions. When the lid F is slid into the lid B, as shown by full lines-at Fig. 3, with the pins H free of the catches Hf, about as shown by dotted lines at Fig. l, the lid F may be turned to bring the pins H beneath the catches H', as shown, and thereby secure the lids F and B to each other, 7o so that both may be drawn from or put in piace on the can A together by taking hold of the handlef".

The lids B and F are removed from the vessel, as described, to permit pouring the milk into or out of said vessel. When the milk is put into the vessel A the sliding lid F may be drawn up into position, with the perforations g above the lid B, as shown by full lines at Figs. 2 and 4, to permit thc heat, gases, and 8o odors in the mill; to escape through the holes y, and to permit the access ot' fresh air to the milk through the same holes. While the lid F is up, as last described, its upper imperfo` rate top,f, will prevent dirt or other material of any kind dropping or settling from above into the milk. Then desired for any purpose the lid F may be slid down into the lid B to the position shown by full lines at Fig. 3, and thereby close the opening E and complete a 9o close cover for the entire top of the can.

It will be evident that the lidsBaud F may be differently constructed from what I have shown, and, in fact, that the lid F may be dispensed with and the lid B made without the hole E, and with its part b extended and perforated, so that it can be drawn up and nearly out of the can, as shown at Fig. 5, and for the same purpose as the lid F is drawn up 5 and hence I do not limit my claims to the special Ico method herein described of forming a cover or lid with a sliding perforated part whichmay be slid out or in, for the purpose described; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a creamer, the combination of a body partforholding the milk, and having a removable lid, B, with a hole, E, and an auxiliary lid, F, having an imperforate top, a perforated annular part, f', radial pins H, adapted to cngage with catches H on the lid. B, and a handle, f, by'means of which both lids may be removed together and placed on the Creamer without withdrawing the lid F from the lid B, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 15

2. A crearner having an annular base projectn g below its bottolnr with perforations in said base, close to the bottom, substantially as and.k for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature iu ao presence of two witnesses.

'CHARLES e. GRAVES.A

Witnesses:

GEORGE L. STEPHENSON, THOMAS A. SCOTT. 

